Happy birthday to thehornedgod and baylorsr. May you enjoy a great day today followed by a wonderful year!

In other news...

* R.I.P., Paul O. Williams (1935-2009). A winner of the John W. Campbell Award, Williams was the author of, among many other works, The Pelbar Cycle, an epic science fiction series set in post-apocalyptic North America.

* Vonda N. McIntyre's 1997 Nebula Award-winning novel The Moon and the Sun, an alternative-history fable set in the 17th-century court of Louis XIV, is now available for free online at the Book View Cafe.

* The Book Seer combines recommendations from Amazon.com and LibraryThing to suggest new readings based on books you have read and enjoyed.